Pomáz – Esztergom horse riding route

Itinerary

Esztergom, Szentkirály dűlő – Csont-kúti fields – Csillék alatti dűlő – Airport – Railway barrier, Route 111 – Szalézi Street – Kis-Strázsa Hill – Tábla Hill – Kesztölc Road – Bodzás dűlő – Solar Park – Viticulture Road – Cellar Row – Dózsa György Street – Klastrom Street – Gertrúd Street – Kémény Street – Klastrompuszta – Pilis star path – Pilisszántó, limestone quarries – Plácskó – Base of Hosszú Hill – Base of Ziribár Hill – Csobánka saddle – Lipár dűlő – Majdán saddle – Majdán plateau – Pomáz, Magyar Vár Tábor

Detailed description of the route

Crossing the Danube, we follow the red horse trail marking for about 7 km on flat terrain. Traveling along the paths of the Szentkirály dűlő pastures, we reach Esztergom-Kertváros, then continue along the gentle slopes of the protected, grassy areas of Tábor Hill to Kesztölc. Here, passing by the cellar row, we can continue along a road to Klastrompuszta. Under the beautiful, forested hillsides and the “illuminating” rocks on them, the remains of the first monastery of the only Hungarian-founded monastic order, the Paulines, can be seen.

From Klastrompuszta, we can continue at the edge of the forests on the Pilis Ride route marked with a black horse head by Pilis Parkerdő, beneath the tall, steep block of Pilis Peak ahead of us. At the Pilisszántó quarry is the Chapel of Blessed Özséb, and the ride there is comfortable and nearly flat.

From here, again following the red horse trail, we reach the southern base of Som Hill, from where we continue on forest roads along the black horse trail (Pilis Ride) past the bases of Hosszú Hill and Ziribár Hill up to the Csobánka saddle.

After crossing main road 1111, again on the red horse trail, we travel through the Majdán saddle between Csúcs Hill and Majdán Hill to the Majdán plateau near Pomáz, from where the Magyar Vár Tábor, the route’s endpoint, is visible to the naked eye.